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Archive for April 17th, 2009

Signs - Signs - Everywhere are Signs!

Friday, April 17th, 2009

It was a good week in business, Google had what I believe was a terrific quarter with huge profits and its stock is closing in again on $400 per share.

Rosetta Stone, a local DC based company filed for an IPO and its share price soared at the end of the week to $28 plus from this week’s opening of $12. Congratulations to them! Way to go.

And Citibank had a profitable quarter. Big banks are slowly and surely reaping the benefits of all of that pruning and those big write-offs and the government’s intervention and cash to prop them up.

 These are three tangible signs that a turnaround has really started. Don’t miss the signs.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Said It Best…

Friday, April 17th, 2009

“The Fierce Urgency of Now.”

That is our team’s motto for the rest of the playoffs. That is my motto for how I want to conduct all of my affairs. Don’t put anything off, do it NOW. And with urgency. Be fierce.

The Three Great Acts of the American Drama in Real Time

Friday, April 17th, 2009

Many of my friends and business associates have heard me discuss the concept of the “Three Great Acts of the American Drama” as taught to me by Brandon Tartikoff. Brandon was a friend and mentor. He was head of NBC and was truly a unique mind and had an original take on consumer tastes. He passed away a few years ago and he is missed.

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Greasy Rider

Friday, April 17th, 2009

Vegetable oil, an old Mercedes Benz and a cross country road trip.

Hey, it is closing in on Earth Day. Come celebrate it by watching this film. Click here. Save the planet - become a Greasy Rider!

SnagFilms and YouTube Team Up

Friday, April 17th, 2009

I am very pleased to tell you all that SnagFilms has cut a deal with YouTube to bring documentary films to a wider web-based audience.

This is great news and follows on the heels of our recent deal with Hulu.

Click below to read the news release in its entirety.

youtubereleasedraft4-16-09finalb.doc 

 Thank you YouTube for your vote of confidence in our business and service.

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